Qi Xinran got so excited after drawing a thirteen-terminals hand at the mahjong table that she suffered a sudden heart attack and was pronounced dead. Unexpectedly, her family hastily cremated her. Her allotted lifespan was not yet up, but her body was destroyed, and she could not enter the cycle of reincarnation. By a twist of fate, a ferryman flung her out of his spirit ferry, and she transmigrated, reborn in ancient times in the body of Yuan Xinghe, daughter of a military family. As soon as she was reborn, she was entrusted with a critical mission and became the one tasked with protecting an orphan. She fled through a dog hole with the eighth prince, Mu Xiangnan. On the road to Gaizhou, they rescued the chivalrous Ji Hongyi, and after a wedding-snatching fiasco, they met Leng Jinyao, daughter of the Blackwind Stronghold's leader. In the end, all four traveled together. They made a fortune through trade along the way, while helping their ruler seize the throne.
She said, “I'm going to be the first woman ever to rule an empire, past or present!”